# I explained — Bulfinch’s Mythology

> Chapter companion for Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

## What happens

This chapter is a glossary of mythological and legendary figures, places, and concepts, providing brief definitions and contexts for entries from Iapetus to Ixion.

## Character check-ins

### King Arthur

Mentioned as son of Uther and Igerne.

### Niobe

Referenced as mother of Ilioneus, one of her sons slain by Apollo.

### Ulysses

Mentioned in connection with Ismarus, his first stop returning from the Trojan War.

### Tristram

Referenced as beloved of Isoude the Fair and married to Isoude of the White Hands.

### Aeneas

Mentioned as father of Iulus.

## Key lines

> Icarus (Icˈa-rus), son of Daedalus, he flew too near the sun with artificial wings, and, the wax melting, he fell into the sea.

Icarus, Daedalus's son, soared too close to the sun on man-made wings; the wax melted, and he plunged into the sea.

_Classic tale of overreaching ambition._

> Ixion (Ix-iˈon), once a sovereign of Thessaly, sentenced in Tartarus to be lashed with serpents to a wheel which a strong wind drove continually around.

Ixion, former king of Thessaly, was condemned in Tartarus to be bound to a wheel, whipped by serpents and ceaselessly spun by a fierce wind.

_Punishment for his crimes, often associated with hubris._

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